[mythtv-users] DCT-6200 Channel changing

[Devan Lippman]

sounds like your cable company may have changed things...
throw a patch on 6200ch at the begining that makes sure the channel is
three digits and adds neccesary zeros

On 4/13/05, Michael Eldridge <meldridge at mac.com> wrote:
> I'm having some odd channel changing behavior and I'm not sure if it
> was caused by a recent mythtv CVS build I did or maybe a lib upgrade.
> Channel changing used to work fine. I did a CVS build of mythtv and the
> 1.0 of libiec61884 on the 12th.
> 
> It used to be when it came time for a program to be recorded 6200ch
> would be called with the channel number, the channel would change, and
> all was well. Now when it's time to record a program the numbers on the
> 6200's display change briefly to the numbers of the channel being
> changed to, so it appears that the channel will be changed, but it
> doesn't actually change the channel. Running 6200ch manually does
> change the channel no problem. mythtv-setup has /usr/local/bin/6200ch
> for the remote channel changing command so that's all good.
> 
> I noticed that when manually inputting numbers on the remote to change
> the channel you have to put in three numbers for it to change without
> having to press the enter button. For example, if you wanted to change
> to channel 3 without pressing 3 -> enter you would have to press 0 -> 0
> -> 3. It doesn't seem like that would be a problem since I can run
> '6200ch 3' and the channel changes. Strange.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
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Thanks,
Devan Lippman <devan at lippman.net>